My very first time ever writing malayali

[u/supirimalli86]

Hi there. I’m 24M and I came to Middle East in 2012 and for this past 13 years this is my very first time I wrote malayali ever in my life. I’m not Indian and I never even wrote Hindi and any other Indian languages (don’t remember if I did Tamil or not). This is a letter to the janitor to wash my water bottle (he washes our mugs only) and I want to give him a message. So what do you think?

Edit: that person didn't clean my bottle and the message is there as it is without any changes near my bottle.

[u/Illustrious_Lock_265]

*Malayalam. Malayali is the term for the speaker of the language.

[u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 → u/Illustrious_Lock_265]

Actually Malayali is the term for the ethnic group.
A person doesnt become a malayali simply by attaining the ability to speak the language.

But yes, malayalam is indeed the language and Malayalis have Malayalam as their mother tongue.

[u/Illustrious_Lock_265 → u/EarlyXplorerStuds209]

I know. Just provided a broader definition.

[u/supirimalli86 → u/Illustrious_Lock_265]

Sorry. We all thought malayali means language as well. This is how we know in gulf. Thanks for teaching

[u/DeepThought142 → u/supirimalli86]

You could have taken a look at the name of the sub you posted in.

[u/supirimalli86 → u/DeepThought142]

oh yeah 😅

[u/Illustrious_Lock_265 → u/supirimalli86]

No problem, it's a wide misconception among many non-Malayalis.

[u/khal_ak]

OFFTOPIC: If this is an office and the janitor is paid by your employer, he is your co-worker, and wash your personal stuff (mug or bottle) yourself.

[u/veramaz1 → u/khal_ak]

+1 glad someone else pointed it out.

Through this and my other interactions, it appears that the ME is a super hierarchical society, more so than India is 

[u/supirimalli86 → u/khal_ak]

We actually have small office in a rundown ancient mall based on a former shop space and he’s the janitor for the whole mall including the bathrooms (which is far away from the office). He clean our mugs as part of an agreement and also we don’t have a toilet or wash basin attached to the office space. Just so you know. He’s not my colleague and doesn’t work for the company. And I’m not rude in this case.

Edit: he didnt clean the bottle

[u/Happy_Health_3838]

OP, good start. Keep going 💪

[u/supirimalli86 → u/Happy_Health_3838]

Thanks 🙌🏻

[u/saman_777]

Malayalam*

[u/docsportello96]

Great OP

[u/supirimalli86 → u/docsportello96]

Thanks!

[u/invalid-hubris]

It is very apt the thing you wrote in malayalam is about kuppi. Now, learn touchings as well.

[u/supirimalli86 → u/invalid-hubris]

Thanks. I learned from google translate

[u/EngrKiBaat]

• ഈ കുപ്പി നന്നായി കഴുകണം

[u/Intelligent-Leg-8075]

Kudos to the effort, man!!! One of the hardest to write.

[u/supirimalli86 → u/Intelligent-Leg-8075]

thanks. also did i do any mistake?

[u/Intelligent-Leg-8075 → u/supirimalli86]

No its perfect!

[u/Pareidolia-2000]

Shukriya isn't a Malayalam word, you would write "nanni/ നന്ദി" in malayalam

[u/supirimalli86 → u/Pareidolia-2000]

I don’t know if he’s from Kerala or not. It’s like USA, you don’t know if the South American cleaner is actually Brazilian or Haitian, so Spanish wouldn’t always work.

[u/lost_ashtronaut → u/Pareidolia-2000]

They've written in 3 languages 🤷‍♂️

[u/Pareidolia-2000 → u/lost_ashtronaut]

They've written everything except that in 3 languages

[u/shajan316]

Keep it up!

[u/supirimalli86 → u/shajan316]

Thanks 🙌🏻

[u/Woman_of_Kulture]

Good boy

[u/supirimalli86 → u/Woman_of_Kulture]

Thanks 😜😂

[u/arunrk89]

മിടുക്കൻ

[u/Brilliant_Fun_3332]

Nah, it's not you

[u/supirimalli86 → u/Brilliant_Fun_3332]

Yes it’s me